A 21-year-old internet fraud apprentice, Oluwaseyi Adeleke, was on Monday sentenced to six months jail.
He was found guilty of impersonation in a one-count charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan zonal office.
Adeleke, who said he was eight months into online dating apprenticeship when he was arrested in June, operated with the name Patrick Bob, claiming to be an American citizen.
He was sentenced to prison by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Judicial Division.
Adeleke was initially arraigned on a four-count charge before the counts were reduced to one after sealing a plea bargain arrangement with the EFCC.
Besides the jail term, the convict was also ordered to return $150 USD to his victim through the Federal Government of Nigeria.
He will equally forfeit his phones as well as his laptop to the Federal Government.
